Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 28, 1836
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 28, 1836
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Institution:University of Rochester
Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections
Date:1836-12-28
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Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 28, 1836
action: sent
sender:
Frances Seward
Person
Name: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24
Death: 1865-06-21
Person
location:
Auburn NY
Place
Name: City: Auburn
County: Cayuga
State: NY
Country: US
Place
receiver:
Lazette Worden
Person
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Person
location:
Canandaigua NY
Place
Name: City: Canandaigua
County: Ontario
State: NY
Country: US
Place
transcription: gwg
revision: crb 2015-10-15
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Page 1
Wednesday morning 28th
My Dearest Sister,
I have spent a miserable, restless
night thinking of you and reproaching myself for not
trying to persuade you to remain after you came over
Until I saw you I had no conception how ill you
were and then all was hurry and confusion and it
was not until you actually drove from the door
that I realized the danger to which you were exposing
yourself. The intense coldness of the weather this morning
has not tended in any measure to allay my fears.
If you suffer from this exposure as I too surely believe
you will I shall never forgive myself for not
going over to Mrs. Chase's
Name: Maria Chase
Birth: 1791
Death: 1862-10-14
and understanding the
case more perfectly. If this does not kill you do
let me beseech you, for my sake , be very careful
of yourself – diseased as you are a slight cause
by aggrevating your complaints or giving them a new
direction may prove fatal. I hope to hear something
from you tomorrow but hardly dare hope that it
will be any thing favorable. If you are spared
to us until spring I will never agin consent
to be separated from you until you are in
better health. My love to Frances
Name: Frances Chesebro
Birth: 1826-12-12
Death: 1909-08-21
tell her Aunty
will write her a letter when she is happier than
she can be now. Do tell me just how you are
and remember that any disguise on this subject
is cruelty rather than kindness. Your own sister
Frances.
Page 2
AUBURN N.Y. Dec. 29
Type: postmark
Mrs. Alvah Worden
Canandaigua
December 28.
Name: Lazette Worden
Birth: 1803-11-01
Death: 1875-10-03
Dec 28.
Wednesday morning 28th
My Dearest Sister,
I have spent a miserable, restless
night thinking of you and reproaching myself for not
trying to persuade you to remain after you came over
Until I saw you I had no conception how ill you
were and then all was hurry and confusion and it
was not until you actually drove from the door
that I realized the danger to which you were exposing
yourself. The intense coldness of the weather this morning
has not tended in any measure to allay my fears.
If you suffer from this exposure as I too surely believe
you will I shall never forgive myself for not
going over to Mrs. Chase's
Person
case more perfectly. If this does not kill you do
let me beseech you, for my sake , be very careful
of yourself – diseased as you are a slight cause
by aggrevating your complaints or giving them a new
direction may prove fatal. I hope to hear something
from you tomorrow but hardly dare hope that it
will be any thing favorable. If you are spared
to us until spring I will never agin consent
to be separated from you until you are in
better health. My love to Frances
Person
will write her a letter when she is happier than
she can be now. Do tell me just how you are
and remember that any disguise on this subject
is cruelty rather than kindness. Your own sister
Frances.
AUBURN N.Y. Dec. 29
Stamp
Mrs. Alvah Worden
Canandaigua
December 28.
Person
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Wednesday, December 28, 1836
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